Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170184816 - Employee killed when crushed in elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170184816 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111754966	07/24/1991	8062	0	St. Vincent Medical Center

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, of St. Vincent's Medical Center, were trying to free the stuck doors of an elevator. Employee #1 was on the roof of one elevator. As he attempted to move to the roof of an adjacent elevator, the elevator he was on began to rise. He was crushed between the elevator, a thrust beam, and the wall of the elevator shaft. His left leg was amputated and he suffered severe loss of blood and internal trauma. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, LOSS OF BLOOD, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111754966			Fatality	Amputation	Supervisors, mechanics and repairers

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